Corporate rights and responsibilities

By Michael Fraase

Sunday, 30 July 2000 04:54AM CST

Section: Business

In early June I was asked to participate in a drug study sponsored by Bayer. I tentatively agreed and began to research just who Bayer was. I knew they made aspirin, but that’s all I knew. Turns out that Bayer AG is a German corporation founded in 1863. The current Bayer corporation is a result of the breakup of I.G. Farben, a large chemical conglomerate, after World War II. I.G. Farben manufactured Zyklon B, the chemical used in the Nazi death chambers, during the War. The company also used surviving Auschwitz Jews as forced laborers and designed the ovens used to incinerate the corpses in the death camps. Some reports indicate that Bayer, while a unit of I.G. Farben, may have played a role in Dr. Josef Mengele‘s human experiments. I immediately refused to participate in any studies sponsored by or involving Bayer, based on the corporation’s history.

The rest of June wasn’t a picnic. I started to see an alternative healer specializing in Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Unfortunately, I’m still too sick for acupuncture or any other kind of body work, but I’m convinced he can help me regain some control over my condition. The original goal was to boost my energy level. That goal was reached within a week or so. The current goal is to reduce my dialysis sessions to once a week within the next month.

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